Devissaro

Devissaro is an Australian born musician, composer and photographer. Originally trained as a classical pianist, he subsequently studied Dhrupad vocal music, as well as Hindustani bansuri and pakhawaj, under the renowned
Dagar family.

Devissaro is the founder director, composer of Asima, an eclectic boundary-breaking
young ensemble of musicians from Kerala. Asima was honoured to perform in the BBCProms at Royal Albert Hall
in August 2009. Read more about Asima here

Asima, which means
'beyond boundaries' in Sanskrit, embodies its own name in spirit, soul and
music, fusing India's rhythmic and melodic systems with harmonic traditions of
western music.

Devissaro, Daksha Sheth's husband, has been involved with the Daksha Sheth Dance Company since its inception. As a Visual Director, Devissaro has supervised areas such as conceptualization, stage design, costumes and lighting for the productions of the Company. As Musical Director, Devissaro has composed and performed music for most of the productions, including live stage music as well as recorded soundtracks. Landmark productions as a visual and musical director include: Yagna, Search for My Tongue, Sarpagati, Postcards from God and Bhukham.

Devissaro also works as a freelance composer writing music for dance, theatre and film. His prominent works include:

1988

Devissaro and the
American Shakuhachi player Ralph Samuelson composed and performed the
music for Indonesian choreographer Sardono Kusumo in his work “Sanctum”,
commissioned for the 1988 American Dance Festival.

Devissaro was the
Music Director for the renowned multi-lingual Indian production of
Shakespeare’s “Midsummer Nights Dream” directed by Tim Supple,
that has been described as “the most life affirming dream to be
seen in the UK since Peter Brook’s production of 1970!

This production toured in the USA, UK and Australia with 300 performances.

2007

Asima toured 7 cities in the UK through the Asian Music Circuit (AMC).

2009

Asima was honoured to perform in the BBCProms at Royal Albert Hall
in August 2009.